A friend asked: Conditioned by clinging, becoming comes into being... What is Becoming?

Answer: Cut short: Becoming is the process whereby the next moment arises...This next moment has both physical and mental properties and is as suchdependent upon consciousness... If no clinging is present in this moment,no next moment will arise for that Arahat individuality... That is Nibbana!Every new moment and thus also the death-rebirth-moment is the result ofthis process of becoming, which drives all change and push time forward!

In more detail:The process of becoming can take place in three planes or dimensions:1: Becoming in the plane of sense desire (kama-bhava), which is what drives the life-process forward for all ghosts, animals, humans and lower devas. 2: Becoming in the plane of fine-material existence (rupa-bhava), which is what drives the life-process forward for higher devas like e.g. Brahma etc.3: Becoming in the plane of formless existence (arupa-bhava), which is what drives the life-process forward for the highest formless devas.

This process of becoming has two sides:The active side: Where new advantageous or detrimental intentional actions(kamma-bhava) create delayed future resultant forms of high or low rebirth.The passive resultant side: Where this rebirth in every moment & in betweenlives recreates or regenerates mental and material phenomena of existence.

There are the two kinds of craving related to becoming!1: Craving for Becoming: Examples: May I become rich, famous, praised, satisfied, beautiful, happy...2: Craving for Non-Becoming:Examples: May I not become sick, criticized, poor, ugly, old, dead, unhappy...As these states are uncontrollable, both kinds of craving create suffering!

The Blessed Buddha explained the process of Becoming (bhava) like this:

At Savatthi. "Monks, there are these four floods. Which four? The flood of sensuality, the flood of becoming, the flood of views, and the flood of ignorance. These are the four floods." SN v 59

"Monks, there are these four yokes. Which four? The yoke of sensuality, the yoke of becoming, the yoke of views, andthe yoke of ignorance. And what is the yoke of becoming? There is the case where a certain person does not understand, as it really is,the arising, the passing away, the allure, the drawbacks, and the escape from becoming. When he does not understand this becoming, as it really is, he becomes obsessed with passion, delight, attraction, infatuation, thirst, and fascinated fever for new forms of becoming. Thereby he then induces craving for becoming something new: To go further, wandering-on, heading to new birth & ever repeated death! This is the yoke of becoming..." AN ii 10

This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard: "There are these three searches. Which three? The search for sensuality, the search for becoming, the search for a holy noble life. These are the three searches." Iti 44-98

"What is the origin of suffering? The craving that induce further becoming,accompanied by passion and delight, relishing now here & later there, that is: Craving for sensing, craving for becoming, craving for non-becoming...This is called the origin of suffering." MN i 46

"From the arising of becoming, comes the arising of birth. From the ceasing of becoming, comes the ceasing of birth. And the way leading to the ceasing of birth is just this very noble eightfold path: Right view, right motivation, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right awareness, and right concentration." MN i 46

"And what is becoming? What is the arising of becoming? What is the ceasing of becoming? What is the way leading to the cessation of becoming?There are these three forms of becoming: Sensual becoming, fine material becoming, and formless becoming. This is called becoming. From the arising of clinging comes the arising of becoming. From the ceasing of clinging comes the ceasing of becoming. And the way of practice leading to the ceasing of becoming is just this very noble eightfold path: Right view, right motivation, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right awareness, and right concentration." MN i 46

"From craving as a requisite condition comes clinging...From clinging as a requisite condition comes becoming... From becoming as a requisite condition comes birth...From birth as a requisite condition comes ageing, decay, sickness and death! So is the emergence of this entire mass of suffering!" D ii 55

"Having seen danger right in the process of becoming itself, and in searching for new forms of becoming or for non-becoming, I didn't affirm any kind of becoming, or cling to any kind of delight in becoming." MN i 326

"What are these four noble truths? They are the noble truth of suffering; the noble truth of the origin of suffering; the noble truth of the cessation of suffering; and the noble truth of the way to the cessation of suffering. When these profound truths, bhikkhus, have been realized and penetrated, then craving for existence is cut off, destroyed is that process which leads to renewed becoming, & there is not created fresh future becoming." DN ii 72

Documentary about Buddhist Hermits in the Chinese mountains.Extracts from the award winning film: "Amongst White Clouds" by Edward A. Burger about Zen Buddhist hermit monks living in remote hermitages in China's Zhongnan Mountains. Some fine pearls: "Put all your mind into it, but don't think...", "This reckless deluded mind", "Don't fear it, don't hurt it", "Let go of it all: Examine yourself & meditate quietly!", "Everyone has this precious jewel opportunity to awaken", "Work is spiritual cultivation", "When old your body won't list to you anymore, then it's too late to practice", "Leaving the world is a way of returning to it..." "Don't follow your old habits: Observe you mind", "We plant seeds in the past", "Why did you come here...?", "Holding on to this self is birth & death", "The Buddha is like a wise Doctor and all beings are like sick patients...""There is nothing more to say..."To buy full HD DVD go: http://www.amongstclouds.com

The Blessed Buddha once said:Bhikkhus, just exactly as, when rain pours down in heavy drops on a mountain, then the water runs down the slope and fills the clefts, gullies, and creeks.When these brim over, then they replenish the pools, which fill up the lakes,which supply the rivers, which run out in the great ocean...Similarly for any Noble Disciple, do verified confidence in the Three Jewelsthe Buddha, the Dhamma, & the Sangha, and morality praised by the Noblesflow onwards & beyond, leading to eradication of the 3 Mental Fermentations.

Can be reached through systematic & continuous maintenance of this noble wish:May all sentient beings without exception, in all 31 forms of individual existence,residing in the 3 realms, of inconceivable number, extending infinitely in all 10 directions,enduring boundlessly through all past, present and future time, to an absolute complete and endless degree, come to see it all as it really is, conquer all craving and hostility,reach utter harmlessness, and by that be perfused with the ultimate bliss ... !!!

The FRIEND of pure GOODWILL (Metta):May I & all beings pay Constant Attention to, Always Aware of infinite Friendliness!May I & all beings keep Examining Noble Friendliness based on endless Goodwill!May I & all beings put enthusiastic effort & energy into developing limitless Friendliness!May I & all beings rejoice in the Blissful Joy emanating from all genuine Noble Friendliness!May I & all beings dwell in the Tranquillity which follows Friendliness made inestimable!May I & all beings gain one-pointed Concentration arised from the calm of vast Friendliness!May I & all beings experience imperturbable Equanimity arised from illimitable Friendliness!

The all-embracing PITY of UNDERSTANDING EMPATHY (Karuna):May I & all beings pay Constant Attention to, Always Aware of infinite Pity!May I & all beings keep Examining Noble Pity based on endless Understanding!May I & all beings put enthusiastic effort & energy into developing limitless Pity!May I & all beings rejoice in the Blissful Joy emanating from all genuine Noble Pity!May I & all beings dwell in the Tranquillity which follows Pity made inestimable!May I & all beings gain one-pointed Concentration arised from the calm of vast Pity!May I & all beings experience imperturbable Equanimity arised from illimitable Pity!

The MUTUAL JOY: Joy with the success of others too (Mudita):May I & all beings pay Constant Attention to, Always Aware of infinite Mutual Joy!May I & all beings keep Examining Noble Mutual Joy based on endless rejoicing!May I & all beings put enthusiastic effort & energy into developing limitless Mutual Joy!May I & all beings rejoice in the Blissful Joy emanating from all genuine Noble Mutual Joy!May I & all beings dwell in the Tranquillity which follows Mutual Joy made inestimable!May I & all beings gain one-pointed Concentration arised from the calm of vast Mutual Joy!May I & all beings experience imperturbable Equanimity arised from illimitable Mutual Joy!

EQUANIMITY: Unaffectable, Unprovokable, and Undisturbable (Upekkha):May all the infinite number of sentient beings, without even any single exception,in all 31 forms of individual existence, residing in the 3 realms, of inconceivable number,extending infinitely in all 10 directions, enduring eternally through all past, present & future time,to a completely infinite degree, develop Equanimity & become one who smiles silently like a mountain! May I & all beings pay Constant Attention to, Always Aware of infinite Equanimity!May I & all beings keep Examining Noble Equanimity based on endless imperturbability!May I & all beings put enthusiastic effort & energy into developing limitless Equanimity!May I & all beings rejoice in the Blissful Joy emanating from all genuine Noble Equanimity!May I & all beings dwell in the Tranquillity which follows Equanimity made inestimable!May I & all beings gain one-pointed Concentration arised from the calm of vast Equanimity!May I & all beings experience imperturbable Equanimity arised from illimitable Equanimity!

Yeah, let it be even so :-) In brevity the 4 Sublime Abidings permuted with the 7 links to AwakeningIt shines, blazes, lifts, elevates, and protects supremely like indeed nothing else ....Going through systematically each morning keeps all day smiling !!! hehehe For free copy as a gift of Dhamma, May I & all beings be freed by friendliness thereby!

The Blessed Buddha once said:What, now, is the Second Noble Truth on the Cause of Suffering? The Cause of suffering is Craving, which bound up with pleasure and desire, delighting now here, now there, gives rise to renewed rebirth! SN 56:11

But where and when does this Craving arise and take root?Wherever in the world there are delightful and pleasurable objects, exactly right there & then this craving arises, takes root & grows...The eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind, forms, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, ideas, thoughts, mental states, consciousness of sensation, sense contacts, feelings born of contact, perceptions, intentions, cravings, thoughts, & reflections are all attractive and pleasurable: Right there & then this toxic craving arises, roots & grows...This is called the Noble Truth on the Origin of Suffering! DN 22

Feeling is the Cause of Craving:If perceiving a form, sound, smell, taste, touch, idea, or mental stateas pleasant, then one is attracted: Right there craving, greed, desire,lust, longing and urge is born. Pleasant feeling thus causes Greed!If perceiving the sense object as unpleasant, then one is repelled:Right there hate, anger, aversion, antipathy, and opposition is born!Unpleasant or painful feeling thus causes Hate & all its derivatives!If perceiving the object as neither pleasant nor unpleasant, then oneis disinterested, and thus neither observes nor examines the object:Right there Ignorance, neglect, unawareness, and disregard is born...Neutral & indifferent feeling thus causes Ignorance to arise! MN 38

The 3 kinds of Craving:1: There is craving for Sensing forms, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, ideas, thoughts and mental objects & states! (This is Kama-Tanha)...2: There is craving for Becoming this or that like rich, healthy, famous,beautiful, respected, successful & adored etc. (This is Bhava-Tanha)... 3: There is craving for Non-Becoming this or that like poor, sick, dead,ignored, disregarded, ugly, failed & despised. (This is Vibhava-Tanha)...DN 22

How to be Real Buddhist through Observance?Unduwap Poya is this Fullmoon of December celebrating 2 events:1: The arrival of Arahat Nun Theri Sanghamitta, sister of Arahat Mahinda, daughter of emperor Asoka from India in the 3rd century B.C. establishing the Order of Nuns.2: The arrival at Anuradhapura of a sapling of the sacred Bodhi-tree at Buddhagaya, brought to Sri Lanka by Arahat Theri Sanghamitta.

Arahat Theri Sanghamitta arrives w. tree.

This day is designated Sanghamitta Day. Nowadays Dasasil Matas; ten-precept nuns, take an active part in making these celebrations.

On such Full-Moon Uposatha Poya Observance days:Any Lay Buddhist simply joins the Three Refuges & undertakes the Five Precepts like this: Newly bathed, shaved, white-clothed, with clean bare feet, one kneels at a shrine with a Buddha-statue, and bows first three times, so that feet, hands, elbows, knees & head touch the floor. Then, with joined palms at the heart, one recites these memorized lines in a loud, calm & steady voice:

As long as this life lasts: I hereby take refuge in the Buddha. I hereby take refuge in the Dhamma.I hereby take refuge in the Sangha. I hereby seek shelter in the Buddha for the 2nd time.I hereby seek shelter in the Dhamma for the 2nd time.I hereby seek shelter in the Sangha for the 2nd time.I hereby request protection from the Buddha for the 3rd time.I hereby request protection from the Dhamma for the 3rd time.I hereby request protection from the Sangha for the 3rd time.I will hereby respect these Three Jewels the rest of my life!

I accept to respect & undertake these 5 training rules: I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Killing.I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Stealing.I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Sexual Abuse.I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Dishonesty.I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Alcohol & Drugs.As long as this life lasts, I am thus protected by these 5 precepts...

Then, one keeps and protects these sacred vows better than one's own eyes & children!, since they protect you & all other beings much better than any army! They are the highest offer one can give in/to this world! So is the start towards Nibbana: the Deathless Element!This is the Noble Way to Peace, to Freedom, to Ease, to Happiness, initiated by Morality, developed further by Dhamma-Study and fulfilled by training of Meditation...

Today indeed is Pooya or Uposatha / observance day, where any lay Buddhist normally keeps even the Eight Precepts from sunrise until the next dawn... If any wish a recognition by the Bhikkhu-Sangha, they may simply forward the lines starting with "I hereby ..." signed with name, date, town & country to me or join here. A public list of this new quite rapidly growing global Saddhamma-Sangha is set uphere!

Overcome the angry by friendliness,overcome the wicked by goodness,overcome the miser by generosity,overcome the liar by truth... Dhammapada 223

He who neither punishes, nor makes others punish, He who neither steals, nor makes others steal, who in friendly goodwill shares with all that lives, such kind gentle one meets no enmity anywhere...Itivuttaka 27

Train yourself in doing only what is good,that will last and bring great happiness!Cultivate generosity, a peaceful living, and a mentality of infinite friendliness...Itivuttaka 16

DISTRACTIONS MULTIPLY, DIVERSIFY, and DISTURB... Bzzz...Distractions are like flies buzzing around inside the mind & not outside in the world. Distractions Multiply, Diversify, and Disturb... Bzzzz. The external live 'flies' symbolizes the inner mental distractions, which cannot ever be defeated by svinging swords... The Mind sent Outside is the Cause of Suffering. The Effect of the Mind sent Outside is Suffering. The Mind seeing the Mind is the Path: The Noble Way! The Effect of the Mind seeing the Mind, is the End of Suffering. Late Venerable Luang Pu Dun Atulo Thera. (1888-1983) Thailand.

When ignorance of the 4 Noble Truths finally fully evaporates,One no longer clings to any sense pleasure, any views, or any rules and rituals!One no longer clings to any idea of a self, I, Me, Ego, Soul or Identity at all...When one does not cling, one is not agitated! One remains imperturbable...When one is not agitated, one attains the state of Nibbana right there!One then understands: Rebirth is ended, this Noble life has been lived, What had to be done is done, there is no more relapsing into any state of being...

You have very kindly and quite cleverly participated in a modest reduction of all worldly Greed, Hate and Ignorance, trough using this: http://What-Buddha-Said.netEvents like US mass-shootings & Indian Gang-Rape make this global mental purification crucial!ThanQ quite much for that! Sadhu = Well Done indeed!

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Support your Forest Sangha! If you wish to help the Forest Sangha materially with upholding and sharing the Saddhamma, then a quite good opportunity is open right here!Any support is indeed dire needed and quite appreciated. All on-line Donations are processed securely by . Both credit cards & bank accounts are accepted.

A recent violent storm-flood caused by a heavy rainfall on >100mm in 6 hours killed 19 peopleup here in the mountains by mudslides and battered the micro-hydropower-plant here by1: Lifting up and tossing about a cement-bridge, 2: Trashing & Blowing-Out an intake-filter-box,3: Cutting a 2 inch PVC pipeline, 4: Digging up several 2 inch Polyethylene pipelines and 5: Blocking out 3 out of 4 turbine nozzles in the generator with sand, silt and pebbles!See pictures below for documentation and explanation.A major repair including re-laying of several pipelines and full cementing of many fragile places like pipeline stream crossings and water intake filter-boxes is therefore necessary before the next rain-storm arrives... (Anicca ... sigh) Since the electricity hereby ensured is required for the Dhamma-sharing is your kind and gracious assistance with this crucial repair hereby gently requested.Many Thanx in Advance _/\_

The Buddha indeed pointed out Gratitude as an important mental quality:These two people are hard to find in the world. Which two? The one who is first to do a kindness, and the one who is grateful and thankful for a kindness done.Anguttara Nikaya 2.118

I tell you, monks, there are two people who are not easy to repay. Which two? Your mother & father. Even if you were to carry your mother on one shoulder & your father on the other shoulder for 100 years, & were to look after them by anointing, massaging, bathing, & rubbing their limbs, and they were to defecate and urinate right there on your shoulders, you would not thereby repay your parents. Even if you were to establish your mother & father in absolute sovereignty over this great earth, abounding in the seven treasures, you would not in that way repay your parents!Why is that? Mothers and fathers do much for their children. They care for them, they nourish them for long, and they introduce them to this world. But anyone who rouses his unbelieving mother & father, settles & establishes them in faith; rouses his immoral mother & father, establishes them in virtue; rouses his stingy mother & father, settles & establishes them in generosity; rouses his unwise mother & father, settles & establishes them on a new levelof understanding: It is in this way that one truly repays one's mother's and father's many longstanding services.Anguttara Nikaya 2.32

Mother & father, compassionate to their family, are called Brahma, first teachers, honour them with food & drink, clothing & bedding, and anointing, bathing, washing their feet. Performing these services to their parents, the wise are praised right here and after death rejoice in heaven. Itivuttaka 106

If this is what you think of me: The Blessed One, is sympathetic, is seeking our well-being, teaches us thisDhamma out of sympathy, then you should train yourself in being in harmony, cordial, and without conflict and train in yourselves cultivation of all the 37 best mental qualities: The 4_Foundations_of_Awareness, the 4 right efforts, the 4_Feet_of_Force, the 5 Abilities, 5 powers, the 7 Links to Awakening, & the Noble_8-Fold_Way. Majjhima Nikaya 103A Tathagata is worshipped, honoured, respected, thanked & shown gratitude by any follower, who keeps practicing the Dhamma in accordance with trueDhamma, who keeps practicing masterfully, who lives in and by the Dhamma!Digha Nikaya 16

We will undertake & practice those qualities that makes one a contemplative, so that all those who helped us by services of robes, alms-food, lodging, and medicines will bring them great fruit and great future reward. Majjhima Nikaya 39

Comments:In Pali, the word for gratitude = kataññu literally means to have a sense of what was done for one in the past even when long ago. Remembering all help! A network of kindness and gratitude is what sustains whatever goodness there is and ever will be in this - otherwise destitute & impoverished - world!

The Blessed Buddha once explained:How is the release of mind by infinite mutual joy (Mudita) achieved? What does this liberation have as its destination, what is its culmination, what is its sweet fruit, and what is the ultimate goal of mental release by universally mutual, unselfish, altruistic, appreciative & rejoicing joy? Here, Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu dwells pervading the frontal quadrant with a mind imbued with infinite mutual joy, so the 2nd, 3rd and 4th quadrant. As above, so below, across, and everywhere to all beings as for himself, he dwells pervading the entire cosmos with a mind fully saturated withunlimited mutual joy, immense, exalted, measureless, without hostility, without any enmity, without any trace of ill will, of jealousy or of envy! Thus prepared and mentally quite expanded, he then develops: 1: The Awareness Link to Awakening joined with limitless mutual joy.2: The Investigation Link to Awakening fused with such mutual joy.3: The Energy Link to Awakening together with infinite mutual joy.4: The Joy Link to Awakening accompanied with absolute mutual joy.5: The Tranquillity Link to Awakening linked with noble mutual joy.6: The Concentration Link to Awakening associated with mutual joy.7: The Equanimity Link to Awakening joined with endless mutual joy.Based upon seclusion, disillusion, ceasing, and culminating in release...

If he then wishes: May I dwell experiencing repulsion by any attractive & tempting object, then he can dwell experiencing repulsiveness therein. If he wishes: May I dwell experiencing the unrepulsive in any disgusting and repulsive object, then he experiences pleasing beauty in whatever disgusting & ugly thing! If he wishes: Avoiding both the repulsive & the unrepulsive, may I dwell in equanimity, just aware & clearly comprehending, then he experiences equanimity, just aware and clearly comprehending! When meditating hecan completely transcend the realm of infinitude of space, only aware that consciousness is infinite, he can enter and dwell in the sphere of the infinitude of consciousness.. I tell you Bhikkhus for a quite wise Bhikkhu here, who has not yet penetrated to an even more superior mental release, the mental release by infinite, altruistic and mutual joy has the sphere of the infinitude of consciousness as its culmination!

Comments: Are you Discontent? Here is Why!Mutual joy is the proximate cause of contentment. Consequentially: Lack of mutual joy produces frustrated discontent!Mutual joy also eliminates jealousy and envy! Absence of mutual joytherefore induces the acid like mental pain called envy and jealousy!

Source of reference (edited extract): The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.Book [V: 115-21] 46: The Links. 54: Joined by Friendliness...

One naturally devoted to generosity by the constant practice of giving andsharing makes the decision: From now on, whenever there is anyone present to receive, I shall not eat even a single mouthful without having given a gift! And that very day he should give a gift by sharing whatever according to his means and his ability with those, who have distinguished mental qualities. When he has apprehended the sign in that, he should go into solitary retreat and recollect his own generosity in its special qualities of being free from the stain of mean miserliness like this: It is gain for me, it is great gain for me, that in a culture obsessed by the greedy stain of niggardliness, I abide with my mind & heart free from penny-pinching stinginess. I delight indeedin relinquishing by being freely generous & open-handed, always welcomingany request by rejoicing in all altruistic giving and sharing (AN III 287).Any who gives life by giving food will get life & strength either divine or asa human (AN III 42). Any giver is loved & frequented by many (AN III 40).One who gives, is ever loved, according to the wise man's law! (AN III 41).

When a Bhikkhu is devoted to this recollection of generosity, he becomes ever more intent on generosity, his favourite becomes non-greedy charity, he acts with kind, noble, & loving liberality, and he gains a fine lion-heart. He enjoys much happiness and gladness. And if he penetrates no higher, heis at least headed for a happy destiny.

The Gods became Gods as a result of their magnanimous Giving!

Now when a man is truly wise,His constant task will surely beThis recollection of his prior givingBlessed with such mighty potency!Vism I 224

Sitting alone, in silence, each early morning, with closed eyes, one wishes:May I radiate and meet with only infinite pity, sympathy, and compassion!May I & all the various beings on the 31 levels of existence develop & findonly this genuine gentleness of infinite pity, sympathy, and compassion!May I & all beings on the sense-desire, fine-material, & the formless plane develop & encounter this tender infinite pity, sympathy, and compassion!May I & all beings in the front, to the right, the back, the left & below as above develop & experience caring infinite pity, sympathy, & compassion!May I & all beings in this city, country, and universe always be fully aware and deeply mindful of this warm infinite pity, sympathy, and compassion!May I & all beings in this city, country, and universe examine all details & subtle aspects of this benevolent infinite pity, sympathy, and compassion!May I & all beings in this city, country, & universe put enthusiastic effort in their praxis of this affectionate infinite pity, sympathy, & compassion!May I & all beings in this city, country and universe find enraptured joy &jubilant gladness in this fond infinite pity, sympathy, and compassion!May I & all beings in this city, country, & universe cultivate the tranquillityof quiet, silent, stilled, & endlessly merciful pity, sympathy, & compassion!May I & all beings in this city, country and universe attain concentrated &absorbed one-pointedness by this infinite pity, sympathy, and compassion!May I & all beings in this city, country, and universe dwell in imperturbable equanimity joined with this loving infinite pity, sympathy, and compassion...Yeah! Print this out, dwell in each state until clear, use ~ 25-45 minutes.

Comment: All-Embracing Pity is the 2nd infinitely divine state (Appamañña)This gradually reduces all aggressiveness, cruelty, ferocity, viciousness, rage, inner & outer violence, and unhappiness related with these states.Joined with the 7 links to Awakening it will later cause formless jhanas...

The Blessed Buddha once said:How, Nandiya, does a Noble Disciple live in alert elevated joy? Here, Nandiya, any Noble Disciple is endowed with verified conviction in the Buddha thus: Worthy, honourable & perfectly self-Enlightened is the Buddha! Not satisfied with that verified conviction in the Buddha, he makes a further effort in solitude by day and seclusion at night! When thus enthusiastic, he is elevated by alertness! When thus elevated by alertness, then gladness is born! When he is gladdened, then a rapturous joy arises! When the mind is uplifted by joy, the body becomes all tranquil... One tranquil in body experiences a pure bliss of happiness! The mind of one who is happy becomes condensed and concentrated... When mind is concentrated, even subtle phenomena become plain & manifest. Since these subtle phenomena become plain and manifest, he becomes one, who lives and dwells in alert elevated joy...

The blessed Buddha once said:Friends, the first clever consideration is:Such is Suffering, and This is the Cause of Suffering.Another consequent & subsequent consideration is:Such is the End of Suffering, and This is the Way to end Suffering.One who lives considering these cautiously, resolutely & enthusiastically,may either enter the state of Nibbana right here & now in this very life,or if there is remaining traces of clinging, the state of non-return...Those who neglect understanding Suffering, The Cause of Suffering, The End of Suffering, & The Way all Suffering is completely eliminated, are incapable of release by understanding, are incapable of mental release, are incapable of direct knowledge, & are thereby incapable of making an end...While those who undertake to develop real understanding of This Suffering, The Cause of Suffering, The End of Suffering, & The Way to End Suffering, are indeed capable of mental release by understanding, direct knowledge, and thus also capable of making an end...

The blessed Buddha once said:Friends, the first consideration is:Whatever Suffering arises, this Suffering is caused by Acquisition!Another consequent & subsequent consideration is therefore:Stopping all Acquisition of Fuel, stops all arising of Suffering!Taking up many acquisitions, clinging to possessions & thereby accumulatingfuel for renewed becoming, the fool comes to Suffering ever again & again!Letting go, renouncing, & leaving all behind, the wise goes scot free at ease!

Considering these twin truths cautiously, resolutely & enthusiastically, onemay either enter the state of Nibbana right here & now in this very life,or if there is remaining traces of Clinging left, the state of non-return...Those who neglect analysis & understanding of Clinging, the origin of Clinging, the end of Clinging, and how Clinging is completely & irreversibly eliminated, are incapable of release by understanding, are incapable of mental release, are incapable of direct knowledge, & thus incapable of making an end...They repeat birth, ageing, decay, sickness and death ever again & again...While those who undertake understanding of Clinging, Origin, End & Way,are indeed capable of mental release by understanding, direct knowledge, & thus capable of making an end... They are headed towards the deathless!